The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 305 NELSON, Olaf WWII Olaf was born in Clair, Saskatchewan in 1917. He joined the Army and served as a postal clerk with the 1st Battalion, Irish Fusiliers Regiment, in Canada, Jamaica and Europe. Olaf married and had one child. He died in 1979 and his ashes were spread over the Pacific Ocean. NELSON, Orvin Kenneth WWII Orvin was born on August 28, 1921in Meacham, SK. He went to school there but moved with the family to Livelong in 1930. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a Flying Officer/RAF Bomb Aimer with the No. 102 Ceylon Squadron. He was killed in action when his Halifax was shot down near Eindhoven, Netherlands during a night raid on Madgeburg, Germany on January 21, 1944. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen who died with no known grave. There is also a geo memorial in Saskatchewan named in his honour: Nelson Lake, southeast of Brudell Lake, at (74J4) 58o 07’ 107o 33’. NELSON, Oscar WWII Oscar was born in Plunkett, SK in 1907. He was a mechanic and worked in and around Plunkett before marrying Kate Lamming in 1937. He also operated a machine shop at Weirdale, SK before enlisting. He joined the Army and served in World War II. Kate’s brother, Togy Lamming, also enlisted.
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